Medical Terminology: Weakness and Pain
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What does Asthenia refer to?

  • Weakeness or debility (correct)
  • Platelet dysfunction
  • Muscle weakness
  • Pain of pleural origin

    • What does the term 'Asthenic' mean?

  • Pleural
  • Muscular
  • Painful
  • Weak (correct)

    • What does Thromboasthenia refer to?

  • Muscle weakness
  • Platelet dysfunction (correct)
  • Weakness or debility
  • Pain of pleural origin

    • What does Myasthenia refer to?

    <p>Muscle weakness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'Dynia' refer to?

    <p>Pain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of the suffix 'emia' in medical terms?

    <p>Blood</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is meant by the term 'hypoglycemia'?

    <p>Reduced blood sugar</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for increased uric acid in the blood?

    <p>Hyperuricemia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for pain of cardiac origin?

    <p>Cardiodynia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for circulating toxins in the blood?

    <p>Toxemia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is characteristic of scleroderma?

    <p>Hardened skin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of stroma is characterized as hard and fibrous?

    <p>Sclerotic stroma</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'omni' mean in the context of omnipotent?

    <p>All</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'omnipotent' describe?

    <p>A person with unlimited power</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does OMNI stand for in the context of the given information?

    <p>All</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the meaning of Phasia?

    <p>Speech</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the loss of speech?

    <p>Aphasia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the fear of closed places?

    <p>Claustrophobia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the fear of light?

    <p>Photophobia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the difficulty of speech?

    <p>Dysphasia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of symbiosis?

    <p>The state of living together of two dissimilar organisms in an intimate relationship of mutual benefit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of the organisms involved in symbiosis?

    <p>They are dissimilar in nature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the nature of the relationship between organisms in symbiosis?

    <p>Mutualistic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the outcome of symbiosis for the involved organisms?

    <p>Both organisms benefit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the state of living together of two organisms?

    <p>Symbiosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Medical Terminology

    • Asthenia refers to weakness or debility, and asthenic means weak.
    • Thromboasthenia is a condition characterized by platelets dysfunction.
    • Myasthenia is a term used to describe muscle weakness.
    • Dynia refers to pain, and pleurodynia is pain of pleural origin.
    • Cardiodynia is pain of cardiac origin.
    • Emia refers to blood, and hypoglycemia is a condition characterized by reduced blood sugar levels.
    • Hyperuricemia is a condition characterized by increased uric acid in the blood.
    • Toxemia is a condition characterized by circulating toxins in the blood.
    • Phasia refers to speech, and aphasia is a condition characterized by loss of speech.
    • Dysphasia is a condition characterized by difficulty with speech.
    • Phobia refers to fear, and photophobia is a fear of light, often seen in photosensitivity.
    • Claustrophobia is a fear of closed places.

    Miscellaneous Terms

    • Scleroderma is a skin disease characterized by skin hardening.
    • Sclerotic stroma refers to hard fibrous stroma.
    • Omnipotent refers to having unlimited power or authority, and is related to the prefix omni, meaning all.
    • Symbiosis refers to the state of living together of two dissimilar organisms in an intimate relationship of mutual benefit.

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    This quiz covers medical terminology related to weakness, debility, and pain. Learn about asthenia, asthenic, thromboasthenia, myasthenia, and dynia.

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